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Is it the rigid application of a certain set of ideals? Is it bravery in the heat of battle or the face of adversity? How do you understand heroism?

Is it the rigid application of a certain set of ideals? Is it bravery in the heat of battle or the face of adversity? How do you understand heroism?

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Heroism = self-sacrifice.
In my opinion.

It is the one thing that you can never expect or demand from anyone. If it is done, it is done for love, or heroic practice of ideals.
Being brave is not heroic by itself. Robbing a bank takes courage, but I wouldn't call it heroic.

The willingness to die is something that can't be faked.
All sacrifice is sincere by definition.